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Athletic keeps up their habit at making poorly made rankings.

The writer makes a statement that injuries are taken into account but proceeds to put the most injury prone SG at 3rd (PG). Is Paul George really better than Booker and Kyrie? He also justifies it by saying that the Clips have Norman Powell to back him up so it makes sense.   

THJ is not the 27th best starting SF in the league behind guys like Dillon Brooks (24th) and Harrison Barnes (14th) and Gordan Hayward (19th). Although I wouldn't rank him that much higher. Probably 20-24th. 

Grant Williams at 26 is also a bit laughable..? Saddiq Bey, Patrick Williams, Kevin Love, Isaiah Stewart, Deni Avdija are all objectively not better than Grant Williams. They also put 6'6 Jalen Williams for OKC who played a whopping total 1% of his minutes at PF as the 15th best PF... 

I don't think Grant Williams is a top 10 guy at his position, but bottom 4th is kind of insulting. 

Its fun to dog on Powell and say that he's the 2nd worst starting center in the league (and there are legitimate arguments for that), but to rank him behind guys like Zach Collins, James Wiseman, and Mark Williams is a bit of a stretch. 


Overall the Mavs aren't nearly as weighed down as these horribly made charts (seriously, 12 year olds could make easier to read charts) make them appear to be.

Not sure why you think the author took this excercise as a personal attack on Mavs. 

Based on what would you put THJ ahead of Brooks, Barnes and Hayward? Hayward is scoring a bit more, has more rebounds and assists while playing similar defense. Brooks is a worse offensive player but way better defender. Barnes is a steady 2-way player, scoring more on a better team and playing better defense. 

What would make GW better than Bey, Williams, Love, Stewart or Avdija? He was 8th or 9th guy on Boston. Nothing really puts him convincingly ahead of names mentioned. Sure we may hope he will show more in a bigger role, but at the moment that is just our hope.

Mark Williams, Collins and Wiseman (in Detroit) were better than Powell in probably every stat category, certainly key ones.